The Rural Development Bank (Banrural) y F&G Editorspresented the novel “La Letrada”, authored by Mónica Albizúrez, winner of the Guatemalan Novel Biennial “Terrena 2022-2023”.
The presentation of said work was in charge of Carol Zardetto, Anabela Acevedo and the author.
But it was also attended by the marketing manager of Banrural, Olga Alvarado de González and by the Cultural Center of Spain, its director Eva Buñuelos.
#EUTrends Olga Alvarado de González, Banrural’s market manager, at the time of taking the floor | Via: @EBercian_PN pic.twitter.com/PaVxjqLhrX
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about the work
It is a novel that surprises its reader during the process. Its plot is not predictable, since it presents us with several stories that develop with sufficient strength and density: university life, abuse, exile, and other components that expand like a fabric.
For its part, the qualifying jury expressed the following:
“This is a well-narrated novel, with a clear structure and a fluid style. This novel makes a necessary bridge between the war generation and the post-war generation in relation to the recent history of the country. It makes an effective and convincing portrait of Guatemala today and its social context, with clear references to the time, to specific places and current problems, also alluding to past experiences that affect the fears, insecurities and searches of the characters. ”
The Guatemalan Novel Biennial “Terrena” will be held every two years and its purpose is to promote and encourage the narrative writing of Guatemalan women.
It is carried out thanks to the sponsorship of Banrural and the winning novel includes a prize of Q50 thousand quetzales.
#EUTrends Mónica Albizures, author of “La Letrada”, gives her impressions about the presentation of said work | Via: @EBercian_PN pic.twitter.com/ZS7TrdjESO
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Regarding the work, its author commented:
“It is a very powerful literature, through which you can get to know the country. I invite the young people of Guatemala to approach different works, novels, poetry and theater, which I believe come before other social discourses”.
* With information from Mónica Ávila and Edwin Bercián.